Second Edition British and Foreign,

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 October 1913, Page 3

Second Edition British and Foreign,

1 [I'XfXTlllC TEUIGK.U'II, COi'YItIUIIT. | ll'Ki; I'RKSS. ASSOCIATION.] (Received This ])ay, 10.15 a.m.) MERCHANT OFFICERS CEASE AVOIUv. London, October 28. i a meeting, the x'. aeu 0. ' ! L ■ ers ununiiu uisly decli::en lu;thcr service until their grievances have been adjusted. A large emergency fund has heeu formed. The meeting emphasised the I'aei that the Merchant Service Guild was acting on their behalf, and (hat they were determined lo uphold iheir position, and the prestige of the Guild at all hazards. VIOLENT STOILMS. Many houses were devastated by storms in South Wales. Hundreds of cottages at Pontypridd were uuroofed. Huge trees were uprooted, and the lire station blown into the canal. The body of a workman was round at Abcreynon with the face battered beyond recognition. The unlortunato man hail been blown iYom the highway into the held. There were many miraculous escapes. Five terrified, children took shelter under a table at Abercynoii, and a moment later (lie ceiling crashed down. The terrilied children were rescued from under several tons of debris uninjured. Several members of the Ton Pent re football team were injured at Treharris. One, named Woo]turd, being carried twenty yards ,ihen dashed against a wkall. He succumbed to his injuries. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) IRRIGATION IN PEHSJA. London, October 28. The Euphrates River has bcon successfully divei'ted to the now coiiix' at Hind'ios, 47 miles norih of .Bagdad, whore Sir John .lot Itson's 'big contracting , ''inn has complete! the first barrage ol' tie Willcocks. irrigation sclicjhA SCFFIIAGETTE FU'.E The suuiagettes burne:l Slurb, y Manor, near Bradford. It was. unoccupied at the time. The damage is estimated at five thousand pounds. AN OFFER TO SELL. The Development Commissioners are considering the Duke of Sutherland's offer to sell two hundred thousand acres in Suthorlandshire at two pounds per acre. THE FKEXCHMAX'S ESCAPE. Lisbon, October 28. Captain Contiuho, a Frencliuiiiii who took a prominent part in (he recent abortive Royalist rebellion, has escaped on board a steamer.